[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 64 (Monday, May 22, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H3493-H3494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION OF HYDROELECTRIC 
                      PROJECT IN STATE OF ALABAMA

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The pending business is the question of 
suspending the rules and passing the bill, H.R. 3852.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Oxley) that the House suspend the rules and 
pass the bill, H.R. 3852, on which the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 354, 
nays 0, not voting 80, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 211]

                               YEAS--354

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Bass
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cook
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     DeFazio
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeMint
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (IN)
     Hill (MT)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kanjorski
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     King (NY)
     Kleczka
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuykendall
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lantos
     Largent
     Larson
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Ose
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Regula
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schaffer
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shaw
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--80

     Ackerman
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barton
     Bilirakis
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Callahan

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     Capuano
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Coburn
     Collins
     Cooksey
     Coyne
     Deal
     DeGette
     DeLay
     Forbes
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Gillmor
     Goodling
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hooley
     Houghton
     Jones (OH)
     Kaptur
     Kind (WI)
     Kingston
     Klink
     Lampson
     Lazio
     Lucas (OK)
     Markey
     Martinez
     McCarthy (NY)
     McIntosh
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Minge
     Moakley
     Paul
     Peterson (PA)
     Pomeroy
     Pryce (OH)
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rodriguez
     Rogers
     Rush
     Ryun (KS)
     Sanders
     Scarborough
     Schakowsky
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shows
     Souder
     Stupak
     Sweeney
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Towns
     Turner
     Walden
     Watkins
     Weiner
     Wicker
     Wise

                              {time}  1823

  Mr. TAUZIN changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So (two-thirds having voted in favor thereof) the rules were 
suspended and the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. SHADEGG. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained in Arizona and 
was unable to vote on rollcall No. 211. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yes.''
  Mr. WALDEN of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 211, due to 
airline problems, I missed the vote. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yes.''
  Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 211, unfortunately, due to an 
unavoidable weather delay I missed today's rollcall vote. Had I been 
present, I would have vote ``yea.''
  Mr. OXLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Commerce be discharged from further consideration of the Senate bill 
(S. 1836) to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a 
hydroelectric project in the State of Alabama, and ask for its 
immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fossella). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

                                S. 1836

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE AND REINSTATEMENT OF 
                   LICENSE.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the time period specified 
     in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that 
     would otherwise apply to the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission project numbered 7115, the Commission shall, at 
     the request of the licensee for the project, in accordance 
     with the good faith, due diligence, and public interest 
     requirements of that section and the Commission's procedures 
     under that section, extend for 3 consecutive 2-year periods, 
     the time period during which the licensee is required to 
     commence construction of the project.
       (b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall take effect on the 
     expiration of the period required for commencement of 
     construction of the project described in subsection (a).
       (c) Reinstatement of Expired License.--If the license for 
     the project described in subsection (a) has expired prior to 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
     reinstate the license effective as of the date of its 
     expiration and extend the time required for commencement of 
     construction of the projects for not more than 3 consecutive 
     2-year periods, the first of which shall commence on the date 
     of expiration of the license.

  The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 
third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.
  A similar House bill (H.R. 3852) was laid on the table.

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